School Operations
Resources and guidance to help charter schools run smoothly and safely
What We Offer
Value of partnership
“The value of the partnership we’ve built with the Charter Support Unit team is immeasurable. They provided guidance and walk each school through the exhaustive foundation-building process to a successful first day of school. Through our partnership, we have developed tools and resources for new schools to utilize. We plan on exploring more opportunities to collaborate. I know they’re just a phone call away. “
– Nadia Luna, VP of Member Services
Texas Public Charter Schools Association
Resources & Templates
From checklists for new schools to sample policy manuals, employment contracts and
forms for parents, the CSU’s library contains invaluable resources to help you run your school. Topics for operations professionals include campus safety, student health, family engagement, nutrition program compliance, marketing, technology and cybersecurity — and much more.
Webinars
Aired live weekly, and archived for viewing anytime, the CSU’s webinar series brings expertise from all over the country to bear on common challenges for charter school operators.
Consultations
Have an operations issue that would benefit from an outside perspective, or would you simply like feedback on how you might move your school to the next level? CSU consultants are available to meet with school leaders and boards to work through your school’s particular challenges or to help you advance your mission in new ways.
Document Review
For schools in their first charter contract, we review operating documents at no cost to schools to provide feedback or suggestions. Whether you are developing an employee handbook, a parent guide, employment documents or forms for your staff, we’re here to help.
Budget Templates
Many schools and districts have long utilized the Budget Template tool available from the Charter Support Unit. We will continue to support and expand upon the existing tool. In addition, we will be creating additional templates and tools to help existing schools with developing future budgets, and to assist schools during their launch year with projecting actual expenses and budgets through the school opening. Watch for more later in the year.
Charters.Link (Florida)
For Florida charter schools and authorizers, this online monitoring tool helps ensure compliance with all of the documents and deliverables that schools are required to provide to their authorizing district throughout the year.
School Operations
Trainings, Webinars, Sample Documents, Resources, and more…
- Establishing Business and Community Partnerships
April 5, 2021
Building business and community partnerships is like dating. But there is a distinct formula attached to the process that often times we take for granted. Attendees will gain insight into how to expand their relationships beyond the walls of the board …
Read more - Founding Vs Operating
April 5, 2021
This session will draw attention to the different aspects of starting a charter school vs. operating a charter school. We will take a look at what is needed to start a charter and then move into the operational phase once the charter application is ap …
Read more - A Positive Approach to Misbehaving Students: An Introduction to Positive Discipline in the Classroom Incorporating Self-Regulation Strategies
April 4, 2021
In this session, we will introduce Positive Discipline in the Classroom as an alternative to discipline systems that depend on rewards and consequences, extrinsic motivation. Developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott Positive Discipline in the Classro …
Read more - Section 504: 21 Myths and Realities
March 10, 2021
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is perhaps the most misunderstood law applicable to the education of students with special needs. Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the civil rights of individuals with disabilities in progra …
Read more - Protecting Your School from Ever-changing Ransomware Threats
March 10, 2021
While IT Security may not be your area of expertise, it is something that you as a school leader needs to be aware of and pay attention to. Ransomware attacks are computer programs which will lock all of your computer data and only give you access them …
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